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JOSEPH DU BOIS, OF WAVERLY, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,516, dated. June 7, 1881.

Application filed March 24, 188].

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosEPH DU 1301s, a citizen of the United States, residing atYVaverly, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in lVorm-Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull,clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of worm-fences, and is designed more particularly for use in regions where sawed lumber is scarce and rails only are used.

It consists in arail or worm fence constructed in portable sections of two panels, each held or braced in an upright position by means of feet or pins driven or mortiscd into each post at a point slightly above the ground at opposite angles; also, in a fence constructed in portable sections held in an upright position by feet or pins driven or mortised into the bottom of the posts at opposite angles and having the ends of the top rails mitered; also, in a fence constructed as above described having ballast-receptacles resting upon the pins or feet.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view representing two sections of my fence in position. Fig. 2 is a top view, showing the mitered ends of the top rails in contact and secured to the post; also a box or receptacle, A, secured to the post and resting on the feet or anchorpins, adapted to receive ballast, for more securely anchoring the fence in position. This receptacle may consist of a triangular frame formed of short pieces of rail similar to those composing the fence.

My fence, being formed principally of rails and posts, can be readily constructed in the woods, of growing timber, by any person skilled in the use of a common ax, the only tools required being an ax and anger. When the desired number of sections have been prepared they may be transported to the desired locality and placed in position at intervals of one panel apart, and the gaps closed with rails, in the ordinary manner, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The junction of the anchor-pins with the posts at a point above the (No model.)

ground preserves them from constant moisture and prevents them from rotting rapidly, and their inclination and divergent position with relation to each other, together with the ballast in the receptacles adapted to rest thereon, cause them to form a solid brace for the foot of the post and prevent it from being thrown down or inclined, and the mitered ends of the top rails stiffen and support the top of the fence, thus enabling a solid and firm wormfence to be maintained on a line more nearly straight than by the ordinary construction, thereby economizing material and space and dispensing with stakes and riders.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A portable worm-fence consisting of the posts B, having the diverging feet or pins 0 c inserted near the bottom on opposite sides of each alternate post, and the rails D, all constructed and combined substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. A portable worm-fence consisting of the posts B, adapted to rest upon the top of the ground and provided with diverging feet or anchor-pins c c, inserted near the bottom on opposite sides of alternate posts, and the rails D, the upper or top rail having mitered ends at the point of contact 6, all constructed and combined substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a worm-fence, as herein described, consisting of the posts B, having the diverging feet or pins 0 c inserted near the bottom of the posts, the ballast-receptacle A, adapted to rest upon the pins 0 c, all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A fence composed of the posts B, having divergent feet 0 c inserted near the bottom on opposite sides of each alternate post, the rails D, the top ones of which have mitered ends at the point ofjunction, and the ballast-receptacles A, adapted to rest upon the feetcc, within the angles of the fence, all constructed and combined substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DU BOIS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. WILEY, CLAYTON DUNNING. 

